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Parenting in the Rain, Episode 14 Meeting My Sister, Melissa: A Story of Love, Adoption, and Connection In This Episode: In this episode, I share a story that is close to my heart.   A story about meeting my sister, Melissa, which was adopted at birth. At the time of her adoption, our sweet mom was struggling, without the means to even provide food and shelter for herself, much less a baby.   My sister found out later in life that she was adopted and started searching for us.  Eventually she found us in January 2015.   I will remember the day that I first met her.  We spoke via phone since she lives about 1,000 miles away from us.  It felt surreal.    In March, just a couple of months later, her husband and sons flew down to meet us all in person.   We had a big family gathering with BBQ, tug-of-war, and family togetherness. I cherish the pictures that we took that day, as they bring back so many warm memories. Unfortunately, our mom was diagnosed with lung cancer.  As you can imagine, we were all devastated